A History Of Food In Literature: From The Fourteenth Century To The Present
by Joan Fitzpatrick /
2017 / English / PDF
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When novels, plays and poems refer to food, they are often doing
much more than we might think. Recent critical thinking suggests
that depictions of food in literary works can help to explain the
complex relationship between the body, subjectivity and social
structures.
When novels, plays and poems refer to food, they are often doing
much more than we might think. Recent critical thinking suggests
that depictions of food in literary works can help to explain the
complex relationship between the body, subjectivity and social
structures.A History of Food in Literature
A History of Food in Literature provides a
clear and comprehensive overview of significant episodes of food
and its consumption in major canonical literary works from the
medieval period to the twenty-first century. This volume
contextualises these works with reference to pertinent historical
and cultural materials such as cookery books, diaries and guides
to good health, in order to engage with the critical debate on
food and literature and how ideas of food have developed over the
centuries.
provides a
clear and comprehensive overview of significant episodes of food
and its consumption in major canonical literary works from the
medieval period to the twenty-first century. This volume
contextualises these works with reference to pertinent historical
and cultural materials such as cookery books, diaries and guides
to good health, in order to engage with the critical debate on
food and literature and how ideas of food have developed over the
centuries.
Organised chronologically and examining certain key writers from
every period, including Chaucer, Shakespeare, Austen and Dickens,
this book's enlightening critical analysis makes it relevant for
anyone interested in the study of food and literature.
Organised chronologically and examining certain key writers from
every period, including Chaucer, Shakespeare, Austen and Dickens,
this book's enlightening critical analysis makes it relevant for
anyone interested in the study of food and literature.